Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Brian Eisenhauer
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2014
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Plymouth State University
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Brian Eisenhauer
Director
Office of Environmental Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase office paper that has recycled content and/or is certified to meet multi-criteria sustainability standards for paper?:
Yes

A copy of the paper purchasing policy, directive or guidelines:
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The paper purchasing policy, directive or guidelines:

100% recycled products, adopted in 2010


A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

This policy was adopted as part of our Climate Action Plan, and the data on use was verified in the collection of data for our latest carbon footprint calculations.


Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on office paper)?:
No

Expenditures on office paper with the following levels of post-consumer recycled, agricultural residue, and/or FSC certified content::
Expenditure Per Level
10-29 percent ---
30-49 percent ---
50-69 percent ---
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) ---
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled label) ---

Total expenditures on office paper :
15,000 US/Canadian $

The website URL where information about the paper purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

I don;t want to pursue the second part of this credit, but was forced to enter data to finalize the entry.


I don;t want to pursue the second part of this credit, but was forced to enter data to finalize the entry.

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